2024-25 College Basketball Thread

[Twirling Time]

I thought from the start the SEC was way overrepresented and Arkansas should've been the last team in. It's showing so far.

I do expect Texas Tech will send them back to Hogville in the Sweet Sixteen, however.

 

[poindexter]

People who complain men in the public eye don't get scrutinized for what they wear should hear the Westwood One announcer obsess about the suits Cal and Pitino are wearing.

Funny, is that the same guys doing the Michigan - AM game? They spent a full discussion on Buzz's wardrobe.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Anthony works in the grocery store
Savin' his pennies for someday
Mama Leone left a note on the door
She said, "Sonny, move out to the country"
Ah, but workin' too hard can give you
A heart attack (ack-ack-ack-ack-ack)

Johnnies can't make 3s with a broken back
At least they can polish the fenders.

 

[swingline]

That fender's on a
Cadillac (ack-ack-ack-ack-ack)

 

[dixiehack]

Funny, is that the same guys doing the Michigan - AM game? They spent a full discussion on Buzz's wardrobe.

In fairness, his vests give off a Scoutmaster way too interested in the kids vibe.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

I thought from the start the SEC was way overrepresented and Arkansas should've been the last team in. It's showing so far.

I do expect Texas Tech will send them back to Hogville in the Sweet Sixteen, however.

So far my favorite stat line in the tournament is the 1-of-8 from the floor, 1-of-3 from the line for fellow Michigan Stater AJ Hoggard, now stinking it up for Vandy

 

[Batman]

I thought from the start the SEC was way overrepresented and Arkansas should've been the last team in. It's showing so far.

I do expect Texas Tech will send them back to Hogville in the Sweet Sixteen, however.

How many SEC teams had to win their first game for the league to avoid the "They didn't deserve that many!" criticism? How many need to get to the Sweet 16?
Eight of the 14 won their first-round game.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

How many SEC teams had to win their first game for the league to avoid the "They didn't deserve that many!" criticism? How many need to get to the Sweet 16?
Eight of the 14 won their first-round game.

That sounds about average for a multi-big conference. Somewhere around .500 after two rounds. Conference expansions make the whole deal irrelevant anyway. Would A&M, Texas, and Oklahoma have been somehow more or less worthy if they were still in the Big 12?

 

[micropolitan guy]

How many SEC teams had to win their first game for the league to avoid the "They didn't deserve that many!" criticism? How many need to get to the Sweet 16?
Eight of the 14 won their first-round game.

I'd expect the best conference in college basketball history to go better than 8-6 (.571) against non-power conference opposition.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

LOL Pitino. Genius outsmarted himself. you gotta keep Luis in there, especially once Richmond fouled out. I don't care if he's 3-for-300. Their only chance was him getting hot late.

I still don't think it's likely b/c of his age, and it almost certainly won't happen this year. But I think for the first time there's a chance Pitino tries to weasel his way somewhere else. The Big East is not going to fit in the new big three landscape and Pitino can't handle coaching in a place where there's a ceiling in place. This is as good as it's gonna get for St. John's.

 

[I Should Coco]

Houston has the combination that has KO'd Gonzaga in recent tournaments: absolutely ferocious defense and intense offensive rebounding.

When a Cougar shoots, at least four of them are fighting for an offensive rebound. And the Zags can't match their size, effort and talent around the rim.

 

[Batman]

I'd expect the best conference in college basketball history to go better than 8-6 (.571) against non-power conference opposition.

Their first-round losses were to:
• A Big 12 team
• The best non-power conference program of the past 25 years
• A 30-win conference champion people who, if it had not gotten an at-large bid, people would have screamed bloody murder over
• The two-time defending national champion
• A perenially good mid-major that was a higher seed
• And in a play-in game where I won't argue that Texas did not deserve to be in the tournament; but still, a play-in game

There's certainly some disappointment there, but I'm not sure I would classify any of those as embarrassing losses. I think if the SEC gets five or six teams through to the Sweet 16 that's a pretty good hit rate.